California in bloom

Ahhhh finally home and on the couch.....we had a wonderful trip to California....it really is a great time of year to be visiting California....everything seems to be in techno color....compared to Cheyenne this time of year....everything in Cheyenne is still shades of brown with a little bit of white snow thrown in....I must admit though today it really is beautiful..all of the snow and the sun peaking thru the clouds makes everything so bright outside....but when you have seen brown and cold all winter and to be suddenly dropped into green grass, warm sun, and beautiful burst of colors from all the blooming flowers is really quite a impressive treat....we enjoyed our first night in Carlsbad and stayed at a wonderful hotel.....the whole family was pretty darn tired once we got to the hotel.....we had a quick bite of lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Moody and then headed to our hotel room for a afternoon nap...that well seemed to last all afternoon...while Dad slept....Dylan and I made our way to the hot tub and to the pool...we then finished the afternoon mastering Dylan's crawling skills on green grass....Dylan wasn't a big fan of crawling in the grass....it was really neat watching him explore the grass...it makes me so excited for summer to arrive in Cheyenne....we were planning on going to a nice dinner the evening we got in but ended up at In and Out Burger instead.........no complaints...pretty good grease...we woke up the next morning....and Dad and mom got to enjoy a cup of coffee on our patio....taking in the beautiful roses surrounding our patio and a quite moment just for the two of us as Dylan slept soundly....once Dylan woke we made our way to the hot tub for a morning soak....as we came into Carlsbad we could not help but notice this entire hill side of blooming flowers..as we investigated further we found out that it is actually a local attraction called the flower fields...we decided to take in the attraction and Collin's dad joined us for the day....we took in the flower fields, the beach, and made our way back to a great authentic Mexican restaurant that we thoroughly enjoyed twice during our trip....the flower gardens were awesome...they are only open about 60 days a year and am so glad that we were able to include them in our trip what a feast for the eyes.....we ending the day with heading to my dads which is about a 2 hour drive away...we spent the next day Saturday catching up with family and making our way to Joshua Tree National Monument where we took in a hike and sightseeing....by the way Dylan was a perfect angel the entire trip....the only time we had a issue was on our descent in the airplane into Orange County Airport...the poor little guy screamed the entire last 2o minutes his poor ears....it was really kind of scary...otherwise our little guy was a true champ the entire visit....we enjoyed Easter with about 40 friends and family and Dylan loved his basket and actually played with his Fisher Price Easter Train....we headed out early Monday morning had a nice breakfast with Grandpa and Grandma Hill and made our way back to the Airport in Orange County....traffic was light and allowed us to swing in for a quick last minute visit with Grandma and Grandpa Moody and our 3rd trip to In and Out Burger...we touched down into Denver about 8:00pm...all in all we had a great trip...Collin did lose the car...........and of course I am excited to say that this will get it's very own blog............stay tuned....it is always fun to travel and it is always great to come home....